Joanna met Canillas' eyes, which were directed at hers. For a moment she could not look away until her gaze shifted to the black carriage that was parked in the front yard, a few meters away behind his back.
She did not know how long she cast her gaze there. She only knew a tear escaped from her welled-up eyes when she brought her eyes to look back at Canillas, and it rolled down her wet cheek when they stared at each other.
One tear after another. His eyes were never leaving hers. Yet it made her feel more suffocated as time passed. She felt a lump grow in her throat, getting bigger and bigger, which made her shift her eyes away so that she could breathe, releasing the knot that squeezed her heart.